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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Divorce improves game for Mcllory
[Reuters via Saltwire] - Despite turmoil in his private life, Rory McIlroy said on Wednesday his game is in great shape heading into this week's PGA Championship and he is focused on ending his 10-year major drought.

McIlroy's press conference began with a warning that the world number two would not be answering questions related to his shock announcement on Tuesday that he was ending his seven-year marriage and had filed for divorce.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 04:46 || Comments || Link || [49 views] Top|| File under:


-Land of the Free
'Make me Mighty Again'
[YouTube]
MAGA from another era.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 09:14 || Comments || Link || [60 views] Top|| File under:


'Wish Me Luck' movie trailer
[YouTube] Wiki - Wish Me Luck is a British television drama about the exploits of British women undercover agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 17 January 1988 and 25 February 1990 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and written the BBC women prisoner of war series Tenko. The series was filmed on location in England and France.

Wish Me Luck is similar to Tenko and the 1970s BBC drama Secret Army, in that it deals with strong female characters coping under extreme conditions in wartime. The organisation for which the series' women agents worked, the Outfit, was based on the real-life Special Operations Executive. Season 1 and 2 were based on the exploits of SOE agent Nancy Wake and much of the dialogue was copied from her autobiography The White Mouse.

The series also addressed social issues and divisions under wartime conditions. A great deal of attention was also paid to creating the social context of the operatives, the drama of their work, against the backdrop of an intensely detailed local "colour" in both wartime Britain and France.

"Wish Me Luck (as You Wave Me Goodbye)" is a song made popular during the Second World War by Gracie Fields.

"Wish me Luck as you wave me goodbye."
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 08:51 || Comments || Link || [55 views] Top|| File under:


A 13th Oregon County has Voted to Join the Greater Idaho
[LI] The last time I reported on the "Greater Idaho" movement, 12 counties in Oregon had voted to secede from the deep blue state to join their red neighbor, Idaho.

That was last summer.

Now, as the summer of 2024 begins, lucky 13 has just agreed to secede!

The vote is not legislatively binding, and passage of the measure simply means residents are in favor of informing Oregon and federal representatives that they support negotiations to join Idaho.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 04:02 || Comments || Link || [69 views] Top|| File under:

#1  perhaps their own state would be best, we kind of have our hands full
Posted by: 746 || 05/26/2024 9:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like those will help balance out the Leftists that have settled in your urban areas.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/26/2024 10:04 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Exposing The Klingon Secret Effort To Seize Control Of Social Media
[ZERO] While the CIA is strictly prohibited from spying on or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil, a bombshell new "Twitter Files" report reveals that a member of the Board of Trustees of InQtel - the CIA's mission-driving venture capital firm, along with "former" intelligence community (IC) and CIA analysts, were involved in a massive effort in 2021-2022 to take over Twitter's content management system, as Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi and Alex Gutentag report over at Shellenberger's Public (subscribers can check out the extensive 6,800 word report here).

According to "thousands of pages of Twitter Files and documents," these efforts were part of a broader strategy to manage how information is disseminated and consumed on social media under the guise of combating 'misinformation' and foreign propaganda efforts - as this complex of government-linked individuals and organizations has gone to great lengths to suggest that narrative control is a national security issue.

According to the report, the effort also involved;

Not directly related, but interesting:

RS - Ex-CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Charges of Spying for China


Just The News - Feds secretly knew for years Joe Biden met with son’s Chinese partners on official trip
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 03:08 || Comments || Link || [122 views] Top|| File under:

#1  While the CIA is strictly prohibited from spying on or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil

Yes, the FBI and Foreign Intelligence Services (FIS) assist with EO-12333 workarounds. Interestingly the acronym FIS was formerly referred to as Hostile Intelligence Services (HOIS). Can't be "hostile" if they're assisting now can they ?

Liaison reps? Yes both sides and at the Unified Commands as well. Cushy seniors job, adjacent the upstairs, corner office. There a few secrets or missed opportunities.

Frankly, I'm withholding judgment until we hear from John Brennan and his 51 intelligence professional friends.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 3:22 Comments || Top||



#4  Not sure how to reform them or even shut them down. Congress doesn’t even seem to control their budget and they aren’t answerable to the President.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/26/2024 10:38 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ I see you have noticed the rather strange Agency budget arrangement as well.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 15:24 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Angry citizens restore power after storming grid station in Peshawar
[GEO.TV] Enraged citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital city Saturday restored electricity by storming into the Hazar khawani grid station, after incessant loadshedding led to protests in the midst of scorching weather.

Area's elders and residents entered the grid station after protesting outside its gate with heavy police deployment to tackle any potential law and order situation.

The protest was led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Fazal Elahi who said the elders of the area will restore power at the grid station.
Posted by: Fred || 05/26/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Science & Technology
Billy Price, Former Cincinnati Bengals First Round Pick, Announces Retirement at 29 Due to "Terrifying" Blood Clot
[LI] Billy Price, the former first-round draft pick for the Cincinnati Bengals, has announced his retirement from the National Football League at the age of 29 due to a severe pulmonary embolism, a condition that nearly cost him his life.

Price, who was drafted by the Bengals in the first round in 2018 as a center, revealed that he underwent emergency pulmonary embolism surgery on April 24 to remove a saddle clot that was entering both of his lungs.

Pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot gets lodged in an artery in the lungs, blocking blood flow and causing severe health issues, which can be fatal if not treated promptly.

In an emotional Instagram post, Price shared his gratitude for being alive following the harrowing experience. He expressed his appreciation for the opportunities he had to play in some of the most iconic football venues worldwide and to compete alongside talented teammates.

Read his statement below:
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 04:24 || Comments || Link || [123 views] Top|| File under:

#1  UPI OCT. 21, 2003 - Mystery blood clots felling U.S. troops

A disturbing parallel has also surfaced: soldiers becoming ill or dying from similar ailments in the United States. In some cases, the soldiers, their families and civilian doctors blame vaccines given to them by the military, particularly the anthrax or smallpox shots.

Could the Chinese have been monitoring ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 4:33 Comments || Top||

#2 

Remember, everyone, those that warned of the Clot Shot VAX were called Conspiracy Theorists wearing Tin Hats and some kicked out of their Medical professions for warning us.
.

But at least we have learned...
It is just as easy to buy a scientist, as it is a Politician.
In fact, Politicians buy lots of Scientists with your tax $$$$ every day.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/26/2024 7:16 Comments || Top||

#3  "Adding to the context of Price’s health scare, it’s noteworthy that theNFL has maintained high vaccination rates among players and personnelagainst COVID-19.

According to the NFL, the vaccination rate as of December 15, 2021:

94.6% of NFL players are vaccinated; nearly 100% of NFL personnel are vaccinated.

With such a highly vaccinated population, the NFL environment is not comparable to anywhere else in society. We will continue to work with the NFLPA with the goal of having 100% of players vaccinated.

30 of the league’s 32 clubs have an overall vaccination rate of 95% or
higher."

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/26/2024 9:41 Comments || Top||

#4  For me to take another vaccine, it would take a true scientific study of this one that I could read and discern. One not funded by the Pharma industry. That’s not going to happen.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/26/2024 10:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Gheyrhesus power grab fail...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/26/2024 11:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Got my 1st (of 2) Shingrix shot for Shingles. Sore arm - a bit - nothing else
Posted by: Frank G || 05/26/2024 13:15 Comments || Top||



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  Burkina Faso Military Junta Extends Rule For Another Five Years
Sat 2024-05-25
  Satellite photos show Rafah emptying as Israeli forces move in on southern Gaza city
Fri 2024-05-24
  Gaza civil defence says 26 killed in two Israeli air strikes on Gaza City
Thu 2024-05-23
  Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah in night of heavy battle
Wed 2024-05-22
  UNRWA announces suspension of food distributions in Rafah
Tue 2024-05-21
  'We Freely Dance and Celebrate on Your Dirty Grave'
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  Israel defence minister announces deployment of additional troops in Rafah
Fri 2024-05-17
  2 foreign nationals in ICE custody after alleged attempted breach at Quantico
Thu 2024-05-16
  Battle rages in northern Gaza as 600,000 flee war-ravaged Rafah
Wed 2024-05-15
  One Of Boko Haram Founders, Tahir Baga Reportedly Killed As Nigerian Soldiers Clear 5 Terrorists’ Enclaves In Sambisa Forest
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  Hundreds flee as Israel pursues ferocious attack on Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp
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  Renewed clashes in El Fasher leave 27 civilians dead, 130 injured
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  IDF calls on Gazans to leave additional Rafah neighborhoods as it presses operation


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